The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has
embarked on a nationwide strike despite an appeal by the federal government.
Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, the association’s president, confirmed
the action on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Thursday.
NARD had threatened to embark on an indefinite strike from
April 1, if salaries and allowances of members were not paid.
On Wednesday, the federal government asked resident doctors to suspend the plan.
Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment, made the
appeal at a meeting with the association in Abuja.
Ngige appealed to the doctors to reconsider going on strike
because their withdrawal of service may cause damage to the country’s health
system which is already stressed by COVID-19.
But speaking on Channels TV, Okhuaihesuyi said the strike
commenced at 8 am on Thursday.
“The strike commenced 8 am, and we enjoin all resident
doctors to start the strike immediately,” he said.
“We had a meeting with the minister of labour from 4 pm to
about 12 am this morning, but as it stands; we have been used to memorandum of
understandings for over a decade now, and we insist on the implementation of
what we wrote on our strike message.
“We’re not just doing this for resident doctors, we’re doing
this for all heath workers.”
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